HIGHLIGHTS OF SPICE!
I’m walking down the streets in Bangkok only days after the riots ended and I smile at people and they all smile back. I stop to get some food and an old lady starts talking to me. She tells me that she has lost everything she had, her home was ...
Sydney Mardi Gras 2010
This year Sydney, Australia held the 32nd annual Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras parade and adjoining parties. What started out as a protest march in 1978 has blossomed into the world’s largest annual Gay and Lesbian festival. The festival takes place ov...
SPICE! Featuring Pattaya
Our feature city this issue is Pattaya, the home of Asia’s largest and oldest gay magazine. First published in 1998 as Thai Guys it later changed to Sticky Rice then Spice! In 2009 it was acquired by local businessmen and renamed Thailand Spice!...
Valentine's Dinner at Bruno's
Move Over Disneyland Welcome to Bangkok!
As a child traipsing about the magic kingdom in Southern California I was enthralled by exotic attractions such as the Jungle Cruise and Pirates of the Caribbean, and by the whole “otherworld” feel of the place, complete with castles, fairytale ch...
Boyz Town events: The Final Four Days
The annual Final Four Days celebration of the end of the 2009 Pattaya Gay Festival (PGF) year is scheduled for November 29 to December 2 this year. The events for this year end event were announced by PGF inspiration and founder, Jim Lumsden. He ...
Ohhh! My! Chiang Mai!
Whether you are looking for a three-day adventure in one of the most unique regions of Thailand or a great international city to live Chiang Mai is the place to go for exotic Northern Thai fun and fare. There’s a lot you can pack into a three day...
If you’re a nature lover and maybe a slight thrill seeker, you should definitely try Flight of the Gibbon. The site is less than an hour’s drive from downtown Chiang Mai. Located in a pristine, lush, 1500 year old rainforest consisting of eighteen...
Essentials to Remember
The publisher of SPICE! – The Essential Guide to Thailand for Men, believes it is our responsibility to not only help you decide where to stay, go, eat, and play, but also to help you avoid trouble. The following have been collated from recent iss...
Nicholas Snow—On The Town
At Coyote on Convent—Tequila and True Love
Summer—The Sexiest Chic Escape
Bangkok’s major department stores sponsor fashion weeks throughout the year.My particular “in” is with the powers that be at the Siam Paragon which,in conjunction with the Siam Center, The Emporium, and Siam Discovery Center continued their leader...
A Look at Samui
In keeping SPICE! as current as possible, and to entertain two friends who had never been there, we flew off to Koh Samui a few days ago. We left from BKK International Airport (Suvarnabhumi) on Bangkok Airways in the afternoon for the 1 hour and ...